Assessment of Measures for Abdominal Adiposity in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 734-741

  Emmons, Racine R ^a,b   Garber, Carol Ewing ^b   Cirnigliaro, Christopher M ^a   Kirshblum, Steven C ^c,d   Spungen, Ann M ^a,e   Bauman, William A ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Abdominal ultrasonography; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY; ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICES; DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VISCERAL FAT; WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM;

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

RATING;

METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79954632490     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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